Do You Have 4 Eyes? Poll on PF Members

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Discussion Overview

The thread discusses the prevalence of wearing spectacles among members of the Physics Forums community, with a focus on personal experiences and opinions regarding eyesight and corrective lenses. Participants share their prescriptions, experiences with vision changes, and preferences related to eyewear.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Debate/contested
  • Personal anecdotes

Main Points Raised

  • Some participants indicate they wear glasses, with varying prescriptions and experiences, such as one member mentioning a -6 D prescription.
  • Others question the poll's bias, suggesting it only targets those who wear spectacles.
  • A participant mentions the use of reading glasses after previously having 20/20 vision until age 47.
  • One member shares a recent eye health issue, describing a "macular event" and the subsequent need for new glasses.
  • Several participants express preferences for glasses on others, stating they find them attractive or smart-looking.
  • Some members discuss their experiences with contact lenses and the challenges they face, including a participant who has had multiple eye surgeries.
  • A few participants share humorous remarks about eyesight and glasses, contributing to a light-hearted tone in parts of the discussion.
  • One member describes their trifocal glasses and the limitations they face with close-up vision.
  • Another participant mentions their severe astigmatism and the impact it has on their vision.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

There is no clear consensus on the topic, as participants express a variety of experiences and opinions regarding eyewear, vision health, and preferences for glasses. Some members agree on the attractiveness of glasses, while others focus on the technical aspects of their prescriptions and vision issues.

Contextual Notes

Some discussions include personal anecdotes that highlight individual experiences with vision changes and corrective lenses, but there is no resolution on the broader implications of these experiences.

Do u wear spectacles?

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  • #31
I wear glasses. Huge ones. I've got 1.9-index glass lenses... and I'm at -11.25 on the left eye, and -10.75 on the right one. For the left eye, there's -3 for astigmatism as well, since I have a scar in the middle of my cornea, right through the optical center... can you tell my vision sucks without glasses?

I'm just 17. but I've begun this at age 5, and went down one whole point per year, until lately. I've been stable for a year now.

Used to wear contacts, but the incident implying the scar in my eye now prohibits the use of contacts to not reopen the wound.
 
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  • #32
Substantial astigmatism.

Edit: When I was a grad student, I had something going on with a girl, whom I'll call Betsy, who worked as a bartender. Late one afternoon, I walked into the (nearly empty) bar, which was long and narrow, looking for Betsy. I was without glasses, since I had just broken my only pair. I looked around, didn't "see" Betsy, but did the see manager, who was sitting at the end of the bar nearest the door. I asked the manager "Is Betsy here?". Looking puzzled, he replied "Why don't you ask the batender?" I walked towards the blob behind the other end ofthe bar, and about halfway there, I realized ...
 
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  • #33
wolram said:
I am 75 now,
He continues to shatter my mental model of him...

Maybe I should stop making assumptions.

You are male right?
And you are an Earthling?
 
  • #34
? I haven't the faintest idea what my prescription is. They're glasses, not scope EPs! They just do their magic!
 
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  • #35
George Jones said:
...I walked into the (nearly empty) bar, which was long and narrow...
Did that make it hurt more?

baDUMbum
 
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  • #36
DaveC426913 said:
Did that make it hurt more?

baDUMbum
:biggrin:
That's how he broke his glasses.
 
  • #37
-3 and -2,5...

.78 on both eye for astigmatism...

We are all geeks :P What will the world do without geeks..
 
  • #38
Funny thing, I had a doctoral school last week on string theory. About twenty guys in the room, and I was to only one without glasses.

Come to think of it, I was the only one without glasses in my graduation physics class as well.

Hmm...
 
  • #39
I drove home last night on twisting country roads to get home after hunting on a friend's property. Never again, until I get new lenses. Every oncoming vehicle's light bloomed in my eyes and blinded me, to the point where I practically had to pull over and stop and let them go by. The worst ones were the vehicles with the "european" headlights that seem almost monochromatic and blazingly bright.
 
  • #40
It's odd how some girls can never wear glasses, one day put a pair on, and I don't even think she looks different. Other girls, on the other hand, put on glasses and look like a completely different person.
 
  • #41
That 19 year-old girl that I was with a couple of years back has perfect vision and bought plain-glass glasses to wear as a fashion point. :rolleyes:
 
  • #42
Danger said:
That 19 year-old girl that I was with a couple of years back has perfect vision and bought plain-glass glasses to wear as a fashion point. :rolleyes:
Maybe it was to hide her secret identity?
 
  • #43
turbo-1 said:
I drove home last night on twisting country roads to get home after hunting on a friend's property. Never again, until I get new lenses. Every oncoming vehicle's light bloomed in my eyes and blinded me, to the point where I practically had to pull over and stop and let them go by. The worst ones were the vehicles with the "european" headlights that seem almost monochromatic and blazingly bright.
Those blazingly bright headlights are a problem even for those of us who don't have to deal with the glare on glasses! They're a hazard to other drivers in my opinion, especially if you're on a dark road with few other lights. It's worse when they don't have them adjusted to the right angle and they really glare right into the eyes of oncoming drivers!

I'm actually surprised by the poll results being so even! Are people not counting contact lenses and only glasses? I don't know anyone other than myself (in person) who doesn't wear corrective lenses of any kind.
 
  • #44
*sigh* This thread makes me sad!:frown::shy:

Danger said:
That 19 year-old girl that I was with a couple of years back has perfect vision and bought plain-glass glasses to wear as a fashion point. :rolleyes:
Does that explain why she was dating you ?:-p
 
  • #45
Unfortunately, we weren't 'dating'. Just constant companions. She did have her standards.
 
  • #46
I had laser surgery and now have perfect vision.
 
  • #47
I've been prescribed glasses since I was 5years old. However I never wear them, as I have no trouble at all seeing things. Though i know my right eye has near perfect vision and the left isn't so perfect.
 
  • #48
20/20 vision, no glasses. I'm really lucky actually, since all 4 of my immediate family members wear glasses.

Maybe I'm adopted. :cry:
 

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